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Section 1782 Discovery: California District Court Follows Sixth and Fourth Circuits in Holding Statute Applies to Private Arbitral Tribunals

Julia Sherman (Three Crowns LLP)/April 20, 2020April 18, 2020 /Leave a comment

A California district court held in February that 28 U.S.C. Section 1782 could be used to seek discovery for use in a private, commercial arbitration, becoming the first district court in the Ninth Circuit to do so, and, following recent decisions in the Sixth and Fourth Circuits, potentially teeing up an even more pronounced split…

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Section 1782 Discovery: Recent Decisions Highlight Splits in the Second Circuit

Julia Sherman (Three Crowns LLP)/July 10, 2019October 1, 2019 /Leave a comment

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The use of 28 U.S.C. Section 1782 to obtain through U.S. courts evidence in support of foreign proceedings is at its zenith. But a number of questions regarding the scope of the statute are still open. As recent decisions from the United States Federal Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) demonstrate, considerable…